Cybernetic Walrus

18/08/2026

📣 The Abduction Update is READY to play! 🛸

📱Do you know what your customers REALLY like? Find out as the new update just beamed down for you to finally brain hack and beam up some volunteer-ish humans. We promise, we’re just... borrowing them! 👽

Thanks to your general feedback and your willingness to poke absolutely everything we throw at you in a beta build, we’ve synthesized our most fun update yet. At least, that’s what they’re saying in the 420 million most important galaxies! 💚

🌟 Here are some highlights:

NEW Invasion Stage 1 – Unlock Invasion Stage 1 of 4 by completing missions. Check your progress and the current mission in the Invasion App in your Alien Room.

NEW Abduction & Abductor Tablet – Select a customer and note down what they like to synchronize brains. Lead them up to the Abduction Platform and beam them up for Research Points.

NEW F.A.R.T. – Unlock the Fully Automated Restocking Technician in the Alien Skill Tree. It unloads the truck, places goods on storage shelves, and refills shelves in the store if you have placed an item on it earlier. It throws away empty boxes.

🇽 The update is now ready to download on XBOX, PC and Steam! 🖥️

Learn all about it in the patch notes:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3643170/view/697647086599930102

Happy abducting!

Alien HQ

Updates, events, and news from the developers of Roadside Research.

11/08/2026

🛸 Get ready to beam up gas station customers for an involuntary trip to the stars with the next Roadside Research update! ⭐

⏩The Abduction Update will launch on August 18th! ⏪

👽 Can't wait to get your goop-smeared, 4-finger hands on the update? Let us know what you're most looking forward to 👇

04/08/2026

🧪Join the Cybernetic Walrus Games Discord to soon playtest the Abduction Update 🎮

Calling all operators with maximum curiosity levels,

Alien HQ requires your assistance!

The Abduction Update is about to materialize its beta version, which needs thorough testing. Naturally, Alien HQ has put the Quality Assurance department on this, but nothing is more valuable than hearing what the best of the best (= you) have to say!

This means that this is your chance to preview and shape the future of alien research on Earth!

👉What is playtesting?

As voluntary playtesters, you will soon gain access to an early version of the update that includes new features and improvements. In short: you’ll get an exclusive preview of what’s coming next!

Your extraterrestrial assignment is simple:

🤝Play the beta version alone or with friends (who are also on XBOX and have signed up for the playtest)

💭 Let us know: what do you find fun, frustrating, or simply too chaotic even for alien standards?

🐞Share bug reports for us to zap them before the official release of the Abduction Update

Simultaneously, Alien HQ is running its own in-depth tests that mainly focus on the data and tech side of things.


👉How can I join the playtest?

All Roadside Researchers are welcome to playtest.

👽To join the playtest and get more information, beam up to our official Cybernetic Walrus Games Discord. All details, instructions, and more will be shared there: https://discord.gg/85wuW5JEk9

Thank you for helping us make next update even better!


We’re all gooped up and can’t wait to hear from you,

Alien HQ

Aka the Cybernetic Walrus Team

Welcome to the Walrus Games Community! | 20968 members

25/07/2026

🐮 Aliens and cows just go together like peanut butter and goop... So why not wear this udderly beautiful mask while researching humanity?

👑As the winner of the Faux Anthropoid Camouflage Exoskin (= F.A.C.E.) community competition, the MOO disguise by Lokiya will become a preset for everyone to equip via the customizations screen!

No human will cow-mplain... Because nothing says terrestrial friend more than this F.A.C.E!

🐮Leave a cow in the comments to show your excitement!🐄

24/07/2026

📩 Discover new update previews, the F.A.C.E. winner & more in the July Goopletter 🛸

You already know about the Fully Automated Restocking Technician, Giuseppe, and the new battery system coming to Roadside Research... But that’s not all!

Your next exclusive news transmission from Alien HQ has just decoded, bringing you even more classified sneak peeks:

🔫 Previews: Probing rework, Goopster Fridge & placeable walls

🚮 Q&A: How many trash cans are enough?

🎮 Announcement: Playtest starting soon

🖌️ Community contributions: The winner of the F.A.C.E. competition & chaos with the crew

👉 Check out the July Goopletter on the game's Steam page (link in bio) 🌐

What new feature are you most looking forward to? 👽 Let us know in the comments below! 👇

24/07/2026

📩 Discover more previews of the next update in the July Goopletter 🛸

You already know about the Fully Automated Restocking Technician, Giuseppe, and the new battery system coming to Roadside Research... But that’s not all!

Your next exclusive news transmission from Alien HQ has just decoded, bringing you even more classified sneak peeks:

🔫 Previews: Probing rework, Goopster Fridge & placeable walls

🚮Q&A: How many trash cans are enough?

🎮Announcement: Playtest

🖌️ Community contributions: The winner of the F.A.C.E. competition & chaos with the crew

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3643170/view/677378351435875834

What feature are you most looking forward to? Share your thoughts in the comments!

What's coming next to Roadside Research

26/06/2026

📰Get an Early Look at the Summer Update & More 👽

The Goopletter is out now: your exclusive news transmission from Alien HQ!

Find out about:

☀️The upcoming Summer Update including abductions, Giuseppe, F.A.R.T. & more!

💰Customer NPC behavior

🎨Fan art & plant palooza

👉 https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3643170/view/676249915402228614

Let us know what you think about the Goopletter and the upcoming update, we’d love to hear your thoughts!

What's coming next to Roadside Research

16/06/2026

Isn't this just the cutest little cleaning robot? 🤖

👽 The Automatic Surface Scrubber helps you keep your alien run gas station neat... Just the perfect place to conduct highly invasive research on humans!

🚽 It cleans toilets, cash registers, self-scan registers, outdoors and indoors

Automate your gas station by unlocking and adding the A.S.S., self- scan register and automatic gas pump ⛽ Less chores, more time for probing!